EXHIBIT 4.2
▇▇▇▇ COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
9.25% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2011
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
New York, New York
December 21, 2001
First Union Securities, Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
▇▇▇▇▇ & Company Incorporated
as Initial Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement
c/o First Union Securities, Inc.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is dated
as of December 21, 2001, by and among ▇▇▇▇ Communications Systems, Inc., a
Georgia corporation (the "Company"), the subsidiaries of the Company listed on
the signature pages hereof (the "Subsidiary Guarantors" and together with the
Company, the "Issuers"), and First Union Securities, Inc., Banc of America
Securities LLC and ▇▇▇▇▇ & Company Incorporated (collectively, the "Initial
Purchasers").
This Agreement is being entered into in connection with a
certain note purchase agreement, dated December 14, 2001, by and among the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (the "Purchase
Agreement"), which provides for the issuance and sale by the Company to the
Initial Purchasers of $180,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's
9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 (the "Notes") and the issuance by the
Subsidiary Guarantors to the Initial Purchasers of guarantees (the "Subsidiary
Guarantees" and together with the Notes, the "Securities"). In order to induce
the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers have
agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the
benefit of the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligation of the
Initial Purchasers to purchase the Securities under the Purchase Agreement. The
parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified person, any
other person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, such specified person. For purposes of this
definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
"Business Day" means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday or any
other day which is a legal holiday under the laws of Charlotte, North Carolina
or New York, New York or is a day on which banking institutions therein located
are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Company" has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
"Consummate" means, with respect to a Registered Exchange
Offer, the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the Act of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be
issued in the Registered Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such
Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Registered
Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required
pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii) hereof, (c) the Issuers' acceptance for exchange of
all Original Securities duly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and (d) the delivery of Exchange Securities by the
Issuers to the registrar under the Indenture in the same aggregate principal
amount as the aggregate principal amount of Original Securities duly tendered
and not validly withdrawn by Holders thereof pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer. The term "Consummation" has a meaning correlative to the foregoing.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Offer Registration Period" means the 180 day period
(or longer, if required by applicable law) following the Consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order
shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement; provided, however, that in the event that all resales of
Exchange Securities (including, subject to the time periods set forth herein,
any resales by Participating Broker-Dealers) covered by such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement have been made, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
need not thereafter remain continuously effective for such period.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" means a registration
statement of the Issuers on an appropriate form under the Act with respect to
the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
material incorporated by reference therein.
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"Exchange Securities" means debt securities of the Company
substantially identical in all material respects to the Original Securities
(except that the Liquidated Damages provisions and the transfer restrictions
pertaining to the Original Securities will be modified or eliminated, as
appropriate) and guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors with terms
substantially identical in all material respects to the Subsidiary Guarantees,
to be issued under the Indenture.
"Filing Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.
"Holder" means any holder from time to time of Securities
(including any of the Initial Purchasers).
"Indenture" means the indenture relating to the Original
Securities and the Exchange Securities, dated as of December 15, 2001, by and
among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Bankers Trust Company, as
trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Initial Purchasers" has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
"Issue Date" means December 21, 2001.
"Issuers" has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
"Liquidated Damages" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)
hereof.
"Losses" has the meaning set forth in Section 8(d) hereof.
"Majority Holders" means the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration
Statement.
"Managing Underwriters" means the investment banker or
investment bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten
offering under a Shelf Registration Statement.
"Notes" has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
"Original Securities" means each outstanding Security upon
original issuance thereof and at all times subsequent thereto prior to exchange
in a Registered Exchange Offer.
"Participating Broker-Dealer" means any Holder (which may
include any of the Initial Purchasers) that is a broker-dealer, electing to
exchange Original Securities acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities for Exchange Securities.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus included in any Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Securities covered by such Registration
Statement, and all amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments.
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"Purchase Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
"Registration Default" has the meaning set forth in Section
4(a) hereof.
"Registered Exchange Offer" means the proposed offer to the
Holders to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Original
Securities, a like principal amount of Exchange Securities.
"Registration Statement" means any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto, and all
material incorporated by reference therein.
"Securities" has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
"Shelf Registration" means a registration effected pursuant to
Section 3 hereof.
"Shelf Registration Period" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(c) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means a "shelf" registration
statement of the Issuers pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof, which
covers some or all of the Securities, as applicable, on an appropriate form
under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the
Commission, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement,
including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus
contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by
reference therein.
"Subsidiary Guarantees" has the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" has the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended.
"Trustee" means the trustee with respect to the Original
Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, under the Indenture.
"Underwriters" means the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that shall participate in an underwritten
offering under a Shelf Registration Statement.
2. Registered Exchange Offer; Resales of Exchange Securities
by Participating Broker-Dealers; Private Exchange. (a) Unless the Registered
Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable laws or Commission
policy (in which case, the provisions of Section 3 hereof shall apply), the
Issuers shall prepare and, not later than 120 days from the Issue Date (or if
such 120th day is not a Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter),
shall file
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with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with
respect to the Registered Exchange Offer (the date of such filing hereinafter
referred to as the "Filing Date"). The Issuers shall use their best efforts (i)
to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Act within 210 days from the Issue Date (or if such 210th day is not a
Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter), and (ii) to Consummate the
Registered Exchange Offer within 30 days from the date the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement becomes effective (or if such 30th day is not a Business
Day, by the first Business Day thereafter).
(b) The objective of such Registered Exchange Offer is to
enable each Holder electing to exchange Original Securities for Exchange
Securities (assuming that such Holder (x) is not an "affiliate" of any of the
Issuers within the meaning of the Act, (y) is not a broker-dealer that acquired
the Original Securities in a transaction other than as a part of its
market-making or other trading activities and (z) if such Holder is not a
broker-dealer, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such
Holder's business, is not participating in the distribution of the Exchange
Securities and has no arrangements or intentions with any person to make a
distribution of the Exchange Securities) to resell such Exchange Securities from
and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act
and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial
proportion of the several states of the United States. As a condition to its
participation in the Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, each Holder shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to
the Consummation, a written representation to the Company (which may be
contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) as to the matters set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z)
above and shall otherwise cooperate with the Issuers in the Registered Exchange
Offer.
(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the
Issuers shall:
(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part
of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an
appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for acceptance
for not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is
mailed to Holders;
(iii) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered
Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York; and
(iv) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws
relating to the Registered Exchange Offer.
(d) Promptly after the Consummation of the Registered Exchange
Offer, the Issuers shall cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver to each
Holder Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the Original Securities
of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
(e) The Initial Purchasers and the Issuers acknowledge that,
pursuant to interpretations by the staff of the Commission of Section 5 of the
Act, and in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, each Participating
Broker-Dealer is required to deliver a
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Prospectus in connection with a sale of any Exchange Securities received by such
Participating Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer in
exchange for Original Securities acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. Accordingly, the Issuers
will allow Participating Broker-Dealers and other persons, if any, with similar
prospectus delivery requirements to use the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement in connection with the resale of Exchange
Securities and shall:
(i) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the
cover of the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth
details of the Registered Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the
underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus forming
a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D
hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer; and
(ii) use their best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement continuously effective (subject to Section 2(c)
hereof) under the Act during the Exchange Offer Registration Period for
delivery of the Prospectus included therein by Participating
Broker-Dealers in connection with sales of Exchange Securities received
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section
5(h) below.
(f) In the event that any Initial Purchaser determines that it
is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to
the exchange of Original Securities constituting any portion of an unsold
allotment, upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement as
contemplated by Section 3 hereof and at the request of such Initial Purchaser,
the Issuers shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser, or to the party
purchasing Original Securities registered under the Shelf Registration Statement
from such Initial Purchaser, in exchange for such Original Securities, a like
principal amount of Exchange Securities to the extent permitted by applicable
law. The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the CUSIP
Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP number for such Exchange Securities as
for Exchange Securities issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer.
3. Shelf Registration. (a) If (i) the Issuers are not
permitted to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to Consummate the
Registered Exchange Offer because the Registered Exchange Offer is not permitted
by applicable law or Commission policy, (ii) for any other reason the Registered
Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 30 days of the date the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) an Initial Purchaser so
requests by notifying the Company, with respect to Original Securities acquired
by it directly from the Issuers, on or prior to the 20th Business Day following
the Consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, (iv) any Holder notifies the
Company on or prior to the 20th Business Day following the Consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is not eligible to participate in
the Registered Exchange Offer and such Holder is not an Affiliate of any of the
Issuers, (B) the Exchange Securities such Holder would receive would not be
freely tradable, (C) such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer that cannot
publicly resell the Exchange Securities that it acquires in the Registered
Exchange Offer without delivering a Prospectus and the Prospectus contained in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for
resales by such holder following the completion of the Registered
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Exchange Offer, or (D) the Holder is a broker-dealer and owns Securities it has
not exchanged and that it acquired directly from the Issuers or one of their
respective Affiliates, or (v) in the case where an Initial Purchaser
participates in the Registered Exchange Offer or acquires Exchange Securities
pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof, the Initial Purchaser does not receive freely
tradable Exchange Securities in exchange for Original Securities constituting
any portion of an unsold allotment and such Initial Purchaser notifies the
Company on or prior to the 20th Business Day following the Consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer (it being understood that, for purposes of this
Section 3, (x) the requirement that the Initial Purchaser deliver a Prospectus
containing the information required by Items 507 and/or 508 of Regulation S-K
under the Act in connection with sales of Exchange Securities acquired in
exchange for such Original Securities shall result in such Exchange Securities
being not "freely tradable" and (y) the requirement that a Participating
Broker-Dealer deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales of Exchange
Securities acquired in the Registered Exchange Offer in exchange for Original
Securities acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities shall not result in such Exchange Securities being not "freely
tradable"), the provisions set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) shall apply:
(b) The Issuers shall prepare and file with the Commission a
Shelf Registration Statement prior to the 120th day following the earliest to
occur of (i) the date on which the Issuers determine that they are not permitted
to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to Consummate the
Registered Exchange Offer; (ii) 30 days after the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement has been declared effective if the Registered Exchange Offer has not
been Consummated by such date and (iii) the date notice is given pursuant to
paragraph (a)(iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section (or if such 120th day is not a
Business Day, by the first Business Day thereafter) and shall use their
reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective by the Commission within 210 days thereafter. With respect to Exchange
Securities received by any of the Initial Purchasers in exchange for Original
Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Issuers may, if
permitted by current interpretations by the Commission's staff, file a
post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing
the information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508, as applicable,
in satisfaction of their obligations under this paragraph (b) with respect
thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended,
shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable
to, a Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) The Issuers shall use their best efforts to keep such
Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective (subject to Section 3(d)) in
order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by Holders
until the earliest of (i) such time as the Securities or Exchange Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement can be sold without any limitations
under clauses (c), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144 of the Act, (ii) two years from
the date on which the Shelf Registration Statement was filed and (iii) such date
as of which all the Securities registered under the Shelf Registration Statement
have been sold pursuant thereto (in any such case, such period being called the
"Shelf Registration Period"). The Issuers shall be deemed not to have used their
best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the
requisite period if they voluntarily take any action that would result in
Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such
Securities during that period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable
law or (y) pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof, and, in
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either case, so long as the Issuers promptly thereafter comply with the
requirements of Section 5(k) hereof, if applicable.
(d) No Holder may include any of its Securities in any Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder
furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a
request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use
in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein. Each Holder of Securities as to which any Shelf
Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the
Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not misleading.
4. Liquidated Damages.
(a) The parties hereto agree that Holders will suffer damages
if the Issuers fail to perform their obligations under Section 2 or Section 3
hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such
damages. Accordingly, in the event that (i) the applicable Registration
Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified
herein for such filing, (ii) the applicable Registration Statement has not been
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified herein
for such effectiveness after such obligation arises, (iii) if the Registered
Exchange Offer is required to be Consummated hereunder, the Registered Exchange
Offer has not been Consummated by the Issuers within the time period set forth
in Section 2(a), or (iv) prior to the end of the Exchange Offer Registration
Period or the Shelf Registration Period, as the case may be, the Commission
shall have issued a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case
may be, proceedings have been initiated with respect to the Registration
Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act, or the relevant Registration
Statement or related Prospectus for any reason ceases to be usable or available
in connection with resales of Securities registered thereunder (each such event
referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a "Registration Default"), then damages
("Liquidated Damages") will accrue on the Securities with respect to the first
90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default
in an amount equal to $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Securities
and will increase by an additional $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of
Securities for each subsequent 90-day period until such Registration Default has
been cured, up to an aggregate maximum amount of Liquidated Damages of $0.20 per
week per $1,000 principal amount of Securities for all Registration Defaults.
Following the cure of a Registration Default, the accrual of Liquidated Damages
with respect to such Registration Default will cease and upon the cure of all
Registration Defaults the accrual of all Liquidated Damages will cease.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Registered Exchange Offer has been
Consummated, Liquidated Damages related to a Registration Default for a Shelf
Registration Statement shall not be payable in respect of Securities issued in
the Registered Exchange Offer except to the extent entitled to registration
under such Shelf Registration Statement under clause (iv) above.
(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee and paying agent
under the Indenture immediately upon the happening of each and every
Registration Default. The Issuers shall pay the Liquidated Damages due on the
Securities by depositing with the paying agent (which shall not be any of the
Issuers for these purposes) for the Securities, in trust, for the
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benefit of the Holders thereof, prior to 11:00 A.M. on the next interest payment
date specified in the Indenture (or such other indenture), sums sufficient to
pay the Liquidated Damages then due. The Liquidated Damages due shall be payable
on each interest payment date specified by the Indenture (or such other
indenture) to the record Holders entitled to receive the interest payment to be
made on such date. Each obligation to pay Liquidated Damages shall be deemed to
accrue from and include the date of the applicable Registration Default.
(c) The parties hereto agree that the Liquidated Damages
provided for in this Section 4 constitute a reasonable estimate of the damages
that will be suffered by Holders of Securities by reason of the happening of any
Registration Default.
5. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf
Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Issuers shall furnish to each of the Initial
Purchasers, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any
Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or
supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein and shall use their best
efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission,
such comments as each of the Initial Purchasers reasonably may propose.
(b) The Issuers shall ensure that:
(i) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and
any Prospectus contained therein and any amendment or supplement
thereto complies in all material respects with the Act;
(ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does
not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
(iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Registration
Statement, including any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus,
does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
provided that no representation or agreement is made hereby with respect to
information with respect to any of the Initial Purchasers, any Underwriter or
any Holder required to be included in any Registration Statement or Prospectus
pursuant to the Act or provided by any of the Initial Purchasers, any Holder or
any Underwriter specifically for inclusion in any Registration Statement or
Prospectus.
(c) (1) The Issuers shall advise the Initial Purchasers and,
in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Securities covered
thereby, and, if requested by any of the Initial Purchasers or any such Holder,
confirm such advice in writing:
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(i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; and
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus included
therein or for additional information.
(2) The Issuers shall advise the Initial Purchasers and, in
the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Securities covered
thereby, and, in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, any
Participating Broker-Dealer that has provided in writing to the Company a
telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested by any
of the Initial Purchasers or any such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer,
confirm such advice in writing:
(i) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(ii) of the receipt by the Issuers of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities
registered in any Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
and
(iii) of the happening of any event that requires the making
of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that,
as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the
Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not misleading (which advice shall be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been
made).
(d) The Issuers shall use their best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement at the earliest possible time.
(e) The Issuers shall furnish to each Holder of Securities
registered under any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one
copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so
requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by
reference).
(f) The Issuers shall, during the Shelf Registration Period,
deliver to each Holder of Securities registered under the Shelf Registration
Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each
preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request; and the
Issuers consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale
of the Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto.
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(g) The Issuers shall furnish to each Participating
Broker-Dealer that so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, any documents incorporated by
reference therein and, if the Participating Broker-Dealer so requests in
writing, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
(h) The Issuers shall, during the Exchange Offer Registration
Period and pursuant to the requirements of the Act for the resale of the
Exchange Securities during the period in which a prospectus is required to be
delivered under the Act (including any Commission no-action letters relating to
the Registered Exchange Offer), deliver to each Participating Broker-Dealer,
without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary
Prospectus) included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Participating Broker-Dealer may
reasonably request; and the Issuers consent to the use of the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto by any such Participating Broker-Dealer in
connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities, as provided in
Section 2(e) hereof.
(i) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other
offering of Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Issuers shall
register or qualify, or cooperate with the Holders of Securities covered thereby
and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification, of such Securities for offer and sale under the securities or
blue sky laws of such states as any such Holders reasonably request in writing
and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the
offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such
Registration Statement; provided, however, that no Issuer will be required to
qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not then so
qualified, to file any general consent to service of process or to take any
action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in
any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(j) The Issuers shall cooperate with the Holders to facilitate
the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Securities to
be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends
and in denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request prior
to sales of Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(k) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraph
(c)(2)(iii) of this Section 5, the Issuers shall promptly prepare and file a
post-effective amendment to any Registration Statement or an amendment or
supplement to the related Prospectus or any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Securities covered thereby, the
Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(l) The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to
cause The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") on the first Business Day following
the effective date of any Registration Statement hereunder or as soon as
possible thereafter to remove (i) from any existing CUSIP number assigned to the
Original Securities or Exchange Securities, as the case may be, any designation
indicating that such Securities are "restricted securities," which efforts
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shall include delivery to DTC of a letter executed by the Company substantially
in the form of Annex E hereto and (ii) any other stop or restriction on DTC's
system with respect to the Original Securities or Exchange Securities, as the
case may be. In the event the Issuers are unable to cause DTC to take the
actions described in the immediately preceding sentence, the Issuers shall take
such actions as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request to provide, as
soon as practicable, a CUSIP number for the Original Securities or Exchange
Securities registered under such Registration Statement and to cause such CUSIP
number to be assigned to the Original Securities or Exchange Securities (or to
the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Securities to which such number
may be assigned).
(m) The Issuers shall use their best efforts to comply with
all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally
available to the Holders of Securities as soon as practicable after the
effective date of the applicable Registration Statement an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 promulgated
thereunder.
(n) The Issuers shall cause the Indenture to be qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.
(o) The Issuers may require each Holder of Securities to be
sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such
information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such Securities as may,
from time to time, be reasonably required by the Act, and the obligations of the
Issuers to any Holder hereunder shall be expressly conditioned on the compliance
of such Holder with such request.
(p) The Issuers shall, if requested, promptly incorporate in a
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration
Statement (i) such information as the Majority Holders provide or, if the
Securities covered thereby are being sold in an underwritten offering, as the
Managing Underwriters and the Majority Holders reasonably agree should be
included therein and provided to the Company in writing for inclusion in the
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, and (ii) such information as a
Holder may provide from time to time to the Company in writing for inclusion in
a Prospectus or any Shelf Registration Statement concerning such Holder and the
distribution of such Holder's Securities covered thereby and, in either case,
shall make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable after being notified in writing of the matters
to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the
Issuers shall enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements) and
take all other customary and appropriate actions as may be reasonably requested
in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of any
Securities covered thereby, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting
agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions
and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 8 (or such
other provisions and procedures acceptable to the Majority Holders and the
Managing Underwriters, if any, with respect to all parties to be indemnified
pursuant to Section 8).
(r) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the
Issuers shall:
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(i) make reasonably available, upon prior notice, for
inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder,
any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent
retained by the Holders or any such Underwriter, all relevant financial
and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company and any of its subsidiaries;
(ii) cause the officers, directors and employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries to supply all relevant information
reasonably requested by the Holders or any such Underwriter, attorney,
accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement
as is customary for similar due diligence examinations;
(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Holders
of Securities registered thereunder and the Managing Underwriters, if
any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by the
Issuers to Managing Underwriters and covering matters including, but
not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;
(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuers and updates
thereof (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance,
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any
(it being understood and agreed that for purposes of the foregoing
clause, the following counsel shall be deemed to be reasonably
satisfactory: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ LLP and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.)) addressed to each selling Holder and the Managing
Underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered
in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters
as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and Managing
Underwriters;
(v) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof from the
independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if
necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any
subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company
for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required
to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each
selling Holder of the Securities covered by such Shelf Registration
Statement (provided such Holder furnishes the accountants with such
representations as the accountants customarily require in similar
situations) and the Managing Underwriters, if any, in customary form
and covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort"
letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;
(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by the Majority Holders and the Managing
Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with
Section 5(i) and with any customary conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Issuers;
and
(vii) The foregoing actions set forth in this Section 5(r)
shall be performed at (x) the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration
Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto and (y) each
closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the
extent required thereunder.
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(s) The Company shall, if and to the extent required under the
Act and/or the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder in
order to register the Securities covered thereby under the Act and qualify the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to sign
any Registration Statement and take all other action necessary to register the
Subsidiary Guarantees under the applicable Registration Statement.
6. Registration Expenses. The Issuers shall bear all fees and
expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses, if any, of Cadwalader,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, incurred in connection
with the Registered Exchange Offer) incurred in connection with the performance
of their obligations under Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 hereof (other than brokers',
dealers' and underwriters' discounts and commissions and brokers', dealers' and
underwriters' counsel fees) and shall reimburse the Holders for the reasonable
fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel designated by the Majority Holders
to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith.
7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Issuers shall use their best
efforts to file the reports required to be filed by them under the Act and the
Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Issuers are not required
to file such reports, they will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly
available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their
Securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Issuers covenant that they will
take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)).
The Issuers will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of
Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request.
Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a
written statement as to whether such requirements have been complied with by the
Issuers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be
deemed to require the Issuers to register any of the Securities pursuant to the
Exchange Act.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) (i) In connection with any Registration Statement, the
Issuers, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder
of Securities covered thereby, the directors, officers, employees and agents of
each such Holder and each person who controls any such Holder within the meaning
of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may
become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any
amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
agree to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that none of the Issuers will be
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liable in any case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon (A) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information relating to the Holder furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of any such Holder specifically for inclusion therein,
(B) use of a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus during a period
when a stop order has been issued in respect of such Registration Statement or
any proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or use of a Prospectus when
use of such Prospectus has been suspended pursuant to Section 5(c) hereof;
provided, further, in each case, that Holders received prior notice of such stop
order, initiation of proceedings or suspension or (C) if the Holder is required
to but does not deliver a Prospectus or the then current Prospectus. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Issuers may
otherwise have.
(ii) The Issuers also agree, jointly and severally, to
indemnify or contribute to Losses, as provided in Section 8(d), of any
Managing Underwriters of Securities registered under a Registration
Statement, their officers and directors and each person who controls
such Managing Underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of
the indemnification of the selling Holders provided in this Section
8(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting
agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 5(q)
hereof.
(b) Each Holder of Securities covered by a Registration
Statement severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each person who
controls any of the Issuers within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers to each such
Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for
inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such Holder
may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and
to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results
in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses
and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any
obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation
provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled
to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying
party's expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which
indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel
retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below);
provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint
counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party
shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and
the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of
such separate counsel (and local counsel) if (i) the use of counsel chosen
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by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in,
or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified
party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action is
given to the indemnifying party or (iv) the indemnifying party shall have
authorized the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of
the indemnifying party (provided, however, that in the event that such
indemnified party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnifying
party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise
or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or
threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification
or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is
an actual or potential party to such claim or action), the indemnifying party
shall not be responsible for such settlement, compromise or judgment); provided
further, that the indemnifying party shall not be responsible for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with appropriate local
counsel) representing all the indemnified parties under paragraph (a) or
paragraph (b) above. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry
of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a)
or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason (other than by reason of any exception provided
in such paragraphs) then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall have a joint and several obligation
to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending same) (collectively "Losses") to which such
indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and
such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Registration Statement which
resulted in such Losses; provided, however, that in no case shall any
Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount
or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter under
the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason,
the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such
indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. Benefits received by the Issuers shall be deemed to be equal to
the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Securities and (y) the
total amount of Liquidated Damages which the Issuers were not required to pay as
a result of registering the Securities covered by the Registration Statement
which resulted in such Losses. Benefits
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received by any Holder shall be deemed to be equal to the value of having its
Securities registered under the Act. Benefits received by any Underwriter shall
be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as
set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration
Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any alleged untrue statement or
omission relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one
hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand. The parties agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata
allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of
this Section 8, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either
the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of
such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each
person who controls any of the Issuers within the meaning of either the Act or
the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Issuer
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuers, subject in each case
to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
(e) The provisions of this Section 8 will remain in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder,
the Issuers or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to
in Section 8 hereof, and will survive the sale by a Holder of Securities covered
by a Registration Statement.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers have not, as of
the date hereof, entered into nor shall they, on or after the date hereof, enter
into any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders
herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, qualified,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the
provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuers have obtained the written
consent of the Majority Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that
relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities are being sold
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement or whose Securities are being
exchanged pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may
be, and which does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other
Holders, may be given by a majority of such Holders, determined on the basis of
Securities being sold rather than registered. Notwithstanding any of the
foregoing, no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents to any
departure from the provisions of Section 8 hereof shall be effective as against
any Holder unless consented to in writing by such Holder.
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(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class
mail, telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to the Initial Purchasers, as follows:
First Union Securities, Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇-▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Corporate Finance Department
With a copy to:
Cadwalader, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.
(ii) if to any other Holder, at the most current address given
by such Holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 9(c), which address initially is, with respect to each Holder,
the address of such Holder maintained by the registrar under the
Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial Purchasers; and
(iii) if to the Issuers, as follows:
▇▇▇▇ Communications Systems, Inc.
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
With a copy to:
Proskauer Rose LLP
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given when received, if delivered by hand or air courier, and when
sent, if sent by first-class mail, telex or telecopier.
The Issuers by notice to the others may designate additional
or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by
the Issuers thereto, subsequent Holders. The
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Issuers hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder and
any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if
an original party hereto.
(e) Counterparts. This agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(f) Headings. The headings in this agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(G) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SAID STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(h) Obligations of Subsidiaries. Immediately upon the
designation of any subsidiary of the Company as a Subsidiary Guarantor (as
defined in the Indenture), the Company shall cause such subsidiary to become a
party hereto including, without limitation, for purposes of registration
obligations, guarantee of Liquidated Damages and indemnification and
contribution pursuant to Section 8.
(i) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof, in any circumstances,
is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other
respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired
or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of
the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(j) Securities Held by the Company, etc. Whenever the consent
or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of
Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of
Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by
reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining
whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required
percentage.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the
agreement by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers.
Very truly yours,
▇▇▇▇ Communications Systems, INc.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: V.P. - CFO
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THE ALBANY HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
POST-CITIZEN MEDIA, INC.
▇▇▇▇ COMMUNICATIONS OF INDIANA, INC.
WEAU-TV, INC.
WVLT-TV, INC.
WRDW-TV, INC.
WITN-TV, INC.
▇▇▇▇ KENTUCKY TELEVISION, INC.
▇▇▇▇ COMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS, INC.
▇▇▇▇ COMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC.
▇▇▇▇ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC.
▇▇▇▇ REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT CO.
▇▇▇▇ FLORIDA HOLDINGS, INC.
KOLN/KGIN, INC.
WEAU LICENSEE CORP.
KOLN/KGIN LICENSE, INC.
WJHG LICENSEE CORP.
WCTV LICENSEE CORP.
WVLT LICENSEE CORP.
WRDW LICENSEE CORP.
WITN LICENSEE CORP.
WKYT LICENSEE CORP.
WYMT LICENSEE CORP.
KWTX-KBTX LICENSEE CORP.
KXII LICENSEE CORP.
▇▇▇▇ TELEVISION MANAGEMENT, INC.
▇▇▇▇ MIDAMERICA HOLDINGS, INC.
▇▇▇▇ PUBLISHING, INC.
▇▇▇▇ DIGITAL, INC.
KWTX-KBTX LP CORP.
KXII LP CORP.
PORTA-PHONE PAGING LICENSEE CORP.
KXII L.P.
KWTX-KBTX L.P.
LYNQX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
For each of the above:
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: V.P. - CFO except for Delaware
Subsidiaries then as Treasurer
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby
accepted as of the date first written above
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.
on behalf of the Initial Purchasers
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it
will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is
an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act. This Prospectus, as it may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in
connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for
Securities where such Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers have agreed
that, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, it will make this
Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such
resale. See "Plan of Distribution."
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ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account in exchange for Securities, where such Securities were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."
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ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it
will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange
Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.
The Issuers have agreed that, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period,
they will make this Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any
broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
____________, 2002, all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange
Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.
The Issuers will not receive any proceeds from any sale of
Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by
broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer
may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of
options on the Exchange Securities or a combination of such methods of resale,
at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such
prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made
directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive
compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such
broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any
broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer
that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to
be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act and any profit from any such
resale of Exchange Securities and any commissions or concessions received by any
such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act. The
Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is
an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act.
For the Exchange Offer Registration Period, the Issuers will
promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. The Issuers have agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Registered Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel
for the Holders of the Securities) other than dealers' and brokers' discounts,
commissions and counsel fees) and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities
(including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Act.
[If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K
Items 507 and/or 508.]
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ANNEX D
[ ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE
10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF
ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name: ____________________
Address:____________________
____________________
The undersigned represents that it is not an Affiliate of the
Issuers, that any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in
the ordinary course of business and that at the time of the commencement of the
Registered Exchange Offer it had no arrangement with any person to participate
in a distribution of the Exchange Securities.
In addition, if the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the
undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer
that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for
Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchanged for Exchange
Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however, by so
acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed
to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act.
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ANNEX E
FORM OF LETTER TO BE PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY TO
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
The Depository Trust Company
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Re: 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 (the "Notes") of ▇▇▇▇
Communications Systems, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that the Securities and Exchange Commission
has declared effective a Registration Statement on Form S-__ under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with regard to all of the Notes referenced
above and the guarantees related thereto (together with the Notes, the
"Securities"). Accordingly, there is no longer any restriction as to whom such
Securities may be sold and any restrictions on the CUSIP designation are no
longer appropriate and may be removed. I understand that upon receipt of this
letter, DTC will remove any stop or restriction on its system with respect to
this issue.
As always, please do not hesitate to call if we can be of
further assistance.
Very truly yours,
Authorized Officer
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